!!!Kaisersteinbruch

Kaisersteinbruch, Burgenland, village in the district of Neusiedl, 
alt. 203 m, situated on the southwestern slope of the 
Leithagebirge mountains, cadastral municipality of the municipality 
Bruckneudorf; shooting range and training grounds for the Austrian 
army, former limestone quarry. First documented mention in 1590, 
founded by the guild of stonemasons; served as a Nazi concentration 
camp from 1938 to 1945. The parish church (with a Baroque altar from 
1720) was consecrated in 1652, altered in 1745 and heavily damaged in 
1945.

!Literature
H. Furch, Vom Heiligenkreuzer Steinbruch zu 
Kaisersteinbruch, 1981; idem, 400 Jahre Kaisersteinbruch 1590-1990, 
1990.


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